As Advent season quickly approaches, people all around the world are preparing to celebrate this time of reflection and anticipation. Traditionally, many churches mark the four Advent Sundays, or the four Sundays before Christmas, by lighting one candle each week leading up to Christmas and the birth of Jesus. Others celebrate in different ways. Various advent traditions range from lighting homes with paper lanterns in China to roller skating to Christmas mass in Venezuela.
Here are the many unique ways people will be celebrating the Advent season, beginning on November 27.